# MDN documentation linter

> Checks MDN docs against some tests and cleanup tasks while editing

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/mdn-documentation-linter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mdn-documentation-linter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `mdn-documentation-linter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MDN
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-01-05
- **Size:** 38 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mdn-documentation-linter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mdn/doc-linter-webextension/issues](https://github.com/mdn/doc-linter-webextension/issues)

## Description

MDN documentation linter is a Firefox add-on that creates a sidebar for testing and validating your content on MDN. It helps contributors clean up MDN pages by performing tests like macro validation, article length check, HTML soup element detection, and more.

## Rankings

- #71,839 — Overall
- #12 — documentation
- #82 — document
- #203 — mention

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://developer.mozilla.org/*`
- `activeTab`
- `webNavigation`

### Content script matches

- `developer.mozilla.org`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows retrieval of a user’s browsing history, presenting a notable privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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